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Any Conservative Truckers out there? The liberal, political bias at Truck.net is out of control
Truck.net roundtable ^ | 4/13/2009 | Me

Posted on 04/13/2009 10:32:58 AM PDT by off-roader

I stumbled on the political forum at the "Truck.net Roundtable Forum" and witnessed a lopsided representation of todays events and issues by a few liberals on the forum. To add a little balance, I created and had an account activated with the login id of "Ophir". I posted 3 or 4 articles that were critical of the present administration and was immediately banned from the forum. The administrator came up with ridiculous claims of "racism" and "using multiple logins". I have asked the admin to call me directly. No reply has come back.

The forum can be found at http://roundtable.truck.net/viewforum.php?f=28

It is pretty clear that the operators of this website and in particular, the forum have deep political bias in supporting the present administration to the point of silencing any and all opposing views on their forum.

I can understand if they made such bias clear but, they claim to be serving an industry and not a political party.

The administrator of the forum can be reached at rtadmin@truck.net and their offices and management can be reached at:

Truck.Net 545 E. Elm St. Lebanon, MO 65536 Phone: (417) 588-2662 Fax: (417) 588-7999

You may email the company CEO at:

http://www.truck.net/contact-us.html


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: censor; censoring; truckers; trucking

1 posted on 04/13/2009 10:32:58 AM PDT by off-roader
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To: off-roader

Start your own and tell your friends.


2 posted on 04/13/2009 10:37:36 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: off-roader
Midnight trucking radio network.

http://www.midnighttrucking.com

3 posted on 04/13/2009 10:43:49 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: off-roader

http://www.truckingboards.com

The founder and administrator (Jeff) is conservative.


4 posted on 04/13/2009 10:45:56 AM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: off-roader

H-E-L-L-O..........aren’t most of the truckers members of Teamsters Union???????? THAT could be a factor in their political slant


5 posted on 04/13/2009 10:46:25 AM PDT by soozla ("KLATU OBAMA NIKTU" - The Day the Earth Stood Still)
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To: soozla

I doubt that. Many truckers today are independent and, or private businessmen and women as owner operators.


6 posted on 04/13/2009 10:48:37 AM PDT by off-roader
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To: off-roader
That site might be for the good-buddy truckers that spend a little too much time trolling in the rest stop bathrooms.
7 posted on 04/13/2009 10:54:27 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (As 0bama punishes us, we are punishing his supporters ten fold.)
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To: off-roader

Maybe “truck.net” should be changed to “pickle-park.com”


8 posted on 04/13/2009 2:34:03 PM PDT by PalmettoMason ("an empty limousine pulled up in front of the White House, and Barack Obama got out")
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To: off-roader
they claim to be serving an industry and not a political party.

They are for the most part Teamsters members. What did you think you were going to find there? Really.

9 posted on 04/13/2009 6:32:12 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Why the hell is the best damned dance song ever written titled, "Sing, Sing, Sing"?)
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To: off-roader

The majority of self-employed “over-the-roaders” are definitely independents........but there also is a very large number of truckers who haul, in the cities, door to door, movers, etc, who, unfortunately, are scammed by the unions into believing that union is the way to go!


10 posted on 04/15/2009 2:02:33 PM PDT by soozla ("KLATU OBAMA NEKTU" - The Day the Earth Stood Still)
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